ESPN: Vikings made the best trade of draft weekend

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty ImagesIn the 2020 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings did a lot of moving around the board. They gained a lot of extra selections, even parlaying a couple of them into picks for the 2021 NFL Draft. According to ESPN, one of the deals that the Vikings made was the best deal that anyone made throughout the three days of this year’s selection meeting.

Behind the great E$PN paywall, Seth Walder ranked the five best trades that teams made over the course of the 2020 NFL Draft, and ranked Minnesota’s Thursday night deal with the San Francisco 49ers as the draft’s best trade.

But the Vikings deserve credit, too. They were presented with an offer that moved them down six…